Pakistan opposition vows protests to press PM to resign during investigation

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 21 April, 2017

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Pakistani opposition party lawmakers tore up the agenda and shouted in a parliament session on Friday as they demanded that prime minister Nawaz Sharif step down during an investigation into his finances. Opposition leader Imran Khan said he would lead protests demanding Sharif’s resignation, saying the prime minister had lost the moral authority to stay in office while being investigated.The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday there was insufficient evidence to order Sharif’s removal from office but called for further investigation into corruption allegations in connection with the so-called Panama Papers leaks. A five-member bench was split three vote to two…

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